Photography reading and interpretation questions and answers 2026
Photography
reading and interpretation questions and answers 2026
QUESTION
1.
Explain the meaning of the following
terms
i.
Photograph
ii.
Photography
iii.
Camera
iv.
Horizon
v.
Dead ground
ANSWERS
1.
i.
Photograph; is an
image or picture of people
or objects recorded
by a camera and then printed
on a special paper.
ii.
Photography; is an
art or profession of taking,
developing and printing
photograph.
iii.
Camera; is a device
or equipment used for taking
photograph and develop
it on a special paper known
film.
iv.
Horizon; is an
area behind the background where the sky or clouds
seems to intersect with the ground. It is taken as
a part of background
v.
Dead
ground; is an area of ground hidden from an observer due to undulation on the land.
QUESTION
2.
Oliva
is a good photographer, one day when she was spending a holiday at her home
place she decided to take a photograph of the area around their houses while
standing on the roof of the tallest house
a. Which type of photograph was taken? Give reason
b.
Give the meaning of the type of photograph taken in (a) above
c.
Mention four characteristics of the type of photograph taken in (a) above
d.
Is the type of photograph taken
in (a) above used for map making? Give reason.
ANSWERS
2.
a.
Type of photograph taken was
low oblique photograph. Because firstly, a photographer was at low elevated
angle toward the ground
b. Low oblique photograph; is a type of photograph taken at low angle less than 60o. It can be taken on the cliff, hills, mountains,
plateau and house roof.
c. Characteristics of low oblique
photograph includes
i.
It covers
small area
ii.
It is taken
on hills, house roof, stones,
low elevated aircraft at an
angle less than 60o
iii.
It show hidden features
like car’s tyres
iv.
It does not show
horizon
v.
It shows more than one
side view of the object
d.
The type of photograph in (a) above is not used for
map making because
low oblique photograph has no uniform
scale also it covers small area.
